Featured Recipe: Buffalo Burger with Tomato Onion Salad

Copyright Linda Gassenheimer

Juicy, mouthwatering burgers are an American favorite. Barbecue sauce mixed in with the meat gives a barbecue flavor to the burgers without having to heat up the grill. It also helps make these lower fat burgers moist.

Ground buffalo meat is now available in most supermarkets. It has a real beef flavor and makes a great burger. If it’s not available look for grass-fed or 98 percent fat free ground beef.

Mix ground buffalo with the barbecue sauce. Add salt and pepper to taste. Form into 2 patties, about 4 inches in diameter and 1/2 inch thick. Heat oil in a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the burgers, onions and mushrooms. Saute 5 minutes. Turn burgers over and cook another 5 minutes. A meat thermometer should read 145 degrees for medium-rare.

When burgers are cooked, place each burger on the bottom half of a hamburger roll. Spoon onions and mushrooms on top. Close with top half and serve. Makes 2 servings.

TOMATO AND ONION SALAD

2 medium tomatoes

2 tablespoons diced red onion

2 tablespoons reduced-fat oil and vinegar dressing

Slice tomatoes and divide between two dinner plates. Sprinkle onion over the tomatoes and drizzle with dressing. Makes 2 servings.